This is the 4th NYX trio from my amazingly cheap NYX haul.

It's very late here, and after a busy day, I'm just now able to post my FOTD, though the pix were taken this morning.

TS 26 Velvet blue, ocean frost, space Medium blue, white/blue, grayed blue
These blues were very pretty on. I will definitely reach for it again.

Base: Nude Frost
Lids: Meow Nicole S -- to make sure the blue wasn't too intense on me
Crease: Velvet blue and lightly over lids.
Lined up and down, plus outer corners: grayed blue, then pencil lined with Styli waterproof Sky pencil
White: under brow
Brows: La Prairie pencil
Mascara: Stiletto on top; Tarte on lower -- Stiletto has smudged on lower under eye, the Tarte is still perfect -- 15 hours later!

Lips:
Too Faced Trophy Wife + rimmed with NYX Silver

I really look bare faced here. Those of you who saw me in person today, did I look this bare faced to you?

No concealer, meant to, but I got sidetracked. I'm really liking the Dior Skinflash.
Primer: Laura Geller (used this sample from Sephora up -- yeah!) (This is the one that turned brown in the air/pot. If it is in a tube, not exposed to air, it might stay white.)
Foundation: Chanel
Rouge: Beauté liqui-gel Harlot
Powder: my sparkly mix, then BE mineral veil for bronzer
Benefit: Georgia Peach all over
Blush: MAC dolly mix
Highlight center of face and above cheekbones: MAC Mellow Mood + Benefit: That Gal

What do you think?

Karin

Originally posted 2009-04-25 00:10:32.

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You can see more about these Too Faced glosses here. I updated it with a picture now of this color combination.

And here is where I talk about the technique in detail.

Mermaid using Pink Bling on rim
I love, love, love this technique. I used Guerlain Lip Lift to block out any stain on my lips so this would be a fairly true picture.

Here's another view:

This shows the degree of sparkle:

Have you tried this technique yet? I love it!
Honestly, my lips look like I've had something done to them.

Here's what I like about the technique
It's easy, and it works. It camouflages my lipline in a soft, natural, updated way. It works better than a pencil for doing that.

It used to be that I would do my lipstick on the bottom inside the outer ridge. (Book Girl has this ridge too.) But in later years, it didn't look as good doing it that way, and thanks to my dad for both my lips and the lines around them, I still miss him! -- this works much better and looks the way I prefer to look.

Karin

Originally posted 2009-03-26 08:41:26.

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Funtabulous, rimmed with Milani Crystal gloss
What a great color!

Here's a full face picture of it:

Baby Sparks

Smile + Baby Sparks

Smile + Baby Sparks, rimmed with Beauté Allure

What are the colors
I sorted them by color range:

** I bought this one.
* Recommended at Shades of U, who also has swatches across her hand.

BEIGE
Get Rich Quick Warm yellow brown
Girl’s Delight Sheer mid-tone tan with gold pearl
*Goldyrocks Sheer soft yellow with pink and gold pearl
**Moth to Flame Sheer neutral beige with violet pearl **

CORAL
*Smile Light coral with pink and gold pearl (I bought this one)**

ORANGE
Bare Necessity Caramel apricot with red and gold pearl
Utterly Posh Mid-tone orange with pink and gold pearl

ORCHID
Extra Amps Sheer bright blue pink with blue and pink pearl
*Funtabulous Purple with violet pearl **
Like Venus Clean light bubble gum pink with red pearl
*Stop! Look! Sheer violet mauve with blue and pink pearl

PINK
*Baby Sparks Pale pink with violet pearl**
**Rags to Riches Plummy pink with teal and red pearl

PLUM
Date Night Deep plum with blue and gold pearl

RED
Love Alert Raspberry red with red pearl **

ROSE
**Money Honey Mid-tone rosy mauve with red pearl
*Steppin’ Out Clean yellow pink with red pearl

WHITE
*Sugarrimmed Milky pale pink with red, teal and white pearl**

The colors I bought
I chose to buy 6 -- Baby Sparks, Funtabulous, Love Alert, Moth to Flame, Smile, Sugarrimmed.

I didn't buy an orange as I have a couple of wonderful oranges from Lancome and NYX.

And it was hard to narrow them down! I think I could have bought all of them, but I was trying to be good. The same MUA who had given me a wonderful MAC makeover at SAKS was working the day I went in. She helped me pick out 6 across the range. Some will make a color close to the color(s) I didn't buy, by combining them. OTOH, they might not have the same flash of micro shimmers in them.

My take
There's not a whole lot to say about these fabulous glosses that hasn't already been said, as they are being talked about everywhere. They are lovely colors, feel good, moisturize well, are very high fashion in looks as Too Faced glosses are. I rate them a 5 across the board.

I will continue to add pictures as I wear the colors.

How about you?
Do you have any of these? all of them? How do you like them? Which is your favorite? Are you going to buy more? (I probably would if the stores that sell it were closer!)

Karin

Originally posted 2009-04-29 11:06:28.

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BE Rocker Star is one of my favorite sets. I had some trouble applying it this morning, working around everyone that was getting in and out of the bathroom, then I realized I forgot to start with the sparkly beige powder base I usually begin with. Hello! It looks more even than the photos show, and I accidentally deleted one photo, but these give you an idea.

Eyes:
BE Rocker Star -- great colors and a wonderful brush, the one end does narrow lining
Medium Shade in crease; Darker sparklier shade in outer corners; Dry Lined with darkest black on top.
Inner eyes: flash of bright color from NYX Purple Shadow
Lined bottom: MAC graphblack in waterline; earthline just below it
Lined top NYX Jet Black pen liner -- probably should have bought extreme black.
Mascara: NYX Glitter Wand in midnight Hard to get this to show up on my eye, but it is a gorgeous shade. I might use it as liner.
Brows: Clinique Blond pencil

Cheeks: NARS The Multiple in Riviera

Lips: NYX Chandelier This is really a gorgeous color and very nice formula. The pictures don't do it justice. A really great light-medium orchid pink with a lot of sparkle. Every bit as nice as Too Faced; maybe not quite as sparkly.

I love the way the Purple NYX shadow pops the smokey eye look (though they don't call it their Smokey Eye set.)

What do you think?

Karin

Originally posted 2009-03-07 10:23:27.

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This is the 3rd NYX trio palette in my amazingly cheap NYX haul.

Eyes:
TS 30 Baby Pink, White Pearl, Baby Blue
These are more my colors than yesterday's!
Base: Lancome pink cream
Pink on my lids; Blue in the crease and lined under lower lashes; White on brow bone.
Brows: Prescriptive pencil -- has a super thin lead, easy to use
Lined top: Lancome Blueberry wand
Tightlined Lined lower: Tidal Wave gel liner
Lined top and lower: Prestige Denim pencil
Mascara: Lancome Hypnose on upper; Tarte Bottom up on lower

Primer: Smashbox purple
Foundation: L'oreal N1
Rouge: Chanel stick
Powder: my sparkly mix + BE Mineral Veil as bronzer
Over powder: Benefit Georgia Peach
Blush: MAC Moon River
Concealer: Dior Skinflash

Lips: I liked this really well!
Too Faced Pink Diamond Gloss from their super Vintage sale
Rimmed with: MAC Baby Sparks Dazzler gloss

I was happy with the way this turned out. The color was nice with my denim top. And much more to my taste than yesterday.

What do you think?
Karin

Originally posted 2009-04-23 20:48:30.

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I wanted to do a Take 2 yesterday with darker greys, but everything still looked so good, it didn't need refreshing. I'm not tired of the look yet, so today I re-did it using deeper greys.

Eyes:
Base: Dior light pink cream in wand; then my sparkly mix
Lid: Cat got your tongue? Meow IdealEyes Purrl -- light pink
Outer corners: Lancome Platinum Couture (darker grey in set)
Crease: Vincent Longo Concerto, glittery black-grey wet-dry – love these colors
Brows: La Prairie pencil

Lined upper: Clinique Granite 10 Quick Eyes pencil (med grey)
Then used the powder with it to go over the line.
Lined lower: MAC graphblack in waterline, then earthline outside it -- This time it didn’t look too strong, not like yesterday.
Lined just outside the lower Sephora Flashy Mauve waterproof pencil
Mascara top: Guerlain Maxi-Lash Black
Mascara lower: Stiletto I wanted a spiky look – love this and might start using it everyday.

Primer: I forgot! And it really does make a difference
Foundation: Revlon Vital Radiance Color 10 discontinued, can find on Internet
Concealer: Mary Kay Highlighting Pen Color 2
Color under my sparkly powder mix: Mary Kay cream rouge
Blush over the powder: Meow Lush Blush Hugs and Kitties -- I really like this!

Using Beau Nelson of Beauté's technique highlighting my lips
Too Faced Mermaid for lips, rimmed with Pink Bling
You can read about this technique here.

Don't you just love the lips with this technique!
I hope you try it!

How do you like this look?

Have a great day!

Karin

Originally posted 2009-03-26 08:58:17.

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This was yesterday's FOTD.

Mary Kay Eyes, except where noted:
Crease: Blue Metal
Inner corners: Chocolate Kiss
Outer corners: Steel -- then more blue over it, as it didn't show up well
Lower dry line: Blue Metal
Tight Lined top: Borghese Charcoal
Lined lower waterline: MAC graphblack, then earthline below it
Brows: La Prairie pencil
Mascara: Stiletto + Tarte on the lower lashes
Concealer:

Primer:
Foundation: Chanel, discontinued
Rouge under powder:
Powder: my sparkly mix
Blush: YSL Touche Blush 19

Lips: Too Faced + Beauté to rim
Caspian Pencil topped with Shell Gloss + Allure to rim

I liked these shades of blue.

Karin

Originally posted 2009-05-02 08:06:38.

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What with school starting next week and two registrations this week plus reading the new Jim Butcher book, I'm behind in posting, so I figured I'd better catch up! If I get too far behind, I can't remember what I did. What's fun about doing two days is that it is easy to compare colors.

Tuesday
Eyes:
Base: Nude Frost, then BE Queen Phyllis
Lids: Milani 06 Royalty This is a gorgeous color, with sort of a turquoise micro glitter on top of it -- the bad thing is that the glitter is only on top, so once you get past the top, it is gone. I work from only one area so I can see what the glitter looked like. This really does seem like bait and switch.
Lids: topped with AL Bluespark Rocks, a nearly identical micro glitter color, whoo hooo!
Lined: Mary Kay Bahama Blue pencil
Brows: La Prairie pencil
Mascara: Guerlain, not Le2

Primer: Revlon
Foundation: Chanel
Blush: Arbonne Promise, after Chanel stick rouge under Guerlain meteorites powder

Lips
Mary Kay Pink Shimmer + gloss

Wednesday
Eyes:
NYX trio #3 pink, white, baby blue -- really gorgeous colors and I've wanted to get back to them.
Lined: Chanel Noctournes, Mercury and Sapphire double ended pencil, sadly discontinued
Brows: La Prairie pencil
Mascara: Arbonne, double ended

Primer: Guerlain meteorites
Foundation: Chanel
Blush: Arbonne Promise, after Chanel stick rouge under Guerlain meteorites powder

Lips:
Too Faced Caspian pencil topped with Mermaid gloss -- I chose Mermaid because it is the browner of the glosses in the 4 that came out at the same time.

That gives you a two day round up!

What have you been wearing?

To buy Arbonne from Bookgirl, just ask.
Karin

Originally posted 2009-08-06 15:49:10.

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NYX Round glosses are a great buy at Cherry Culture. I don't see how you can go wrong for $2! There is a very slight scent and taste of lemon, which goes away almost immediately. It is not objectionable.

NYX Sparkle 05
Isn't this a gorgeous color for a softer look! It reminds me of the look of the new Too Faced ones, but there is less glitter. Shown in 3 different lights, one without flash.

Doll Pink 08
This is a very pretty pink. It looks good in different lights.

Apricot 19 Wanted to try something different.
Applied heavy, right out of the wand. A glorious apricot, not quite as pink as this shows. It comes down to a lovely moist stain after a bit.

About 2 hours later, after drinking a couple of cups of tea. Still a lot of product on my lips.

Same time frame, taken in sunlight:

Peach 13
This is a beautiful, light clear peach. Used heavily, it is more opaque. I know it's going to be a favorite.

Pinky Natural 26
Starts out strong, ends in a pretty pink stain-look, that is a bit deeper.


Ballerina Pink 36
This is a pretty bright but soft pink that is almost a neutral on me. It was very pretty in RL.

Wild Orchid 12
This color is fab too! This one is more metallic in look, with a teeny bit of spark that adds vibes, but you can't see it.

Queen of Africa
This is a gorgeous magenta, but I applied this sparingly over my lips that were stained with whatever was left of my color from earlier.

Golden Red 04
This is a glorious color! I don't think the picture does it justice. It's just a perfect color with the right amount of pizazz.

Color Story
It comes in a wide array of colors. It's hard to know, when purchasing online, if there is sparkle in all of them, perhaps not. But, what the hey! for $2.

I figured if the color(s) didn't look like me in RL, they would become stocking gifts, since I shop all year for the holidays.

How about you?
Have you tried this formula? what colors do you have?

My recommendation
These are certainly worth your while to try. If you pick a color you know is you, then you will be very satisfied. Go for it!

Check on this post often, because as I try another shade, I will update the pix.

Karin
5 for color and applicator
5 for moisture
4+ for gloss feel, a little slippery, but still nice, not sticky at all
4+ for lasting power, it might migrate a little, but not much

Originally posted 2009-03-08 09:33:33.

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If you love Too Faced cosmetics, now is the time to see if something you've been wanting is yours for the asking. They have opened up their vintage section with more items.

It's a great sale. Last time I picked up some items for a song.

Karin
www.savvythinker.com

Originally posted 2009-10-20 08:03:36.

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